SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR LEGAL NORMS TO ELIMINATE HORRENDOUS HUMANITARIAN

IMPACT OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA CONFERENCE

WORLD FEDERATION OF UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATIONS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER,

‘INVALUABLE ALLIES AND PARTNERS’ OF ORGANIZATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES STATES TO RID EARTH OF ‘HIDDEN KILLERS’ -- BOOBY-TRAPS,

LANDMINES -- IN MESSAGE TO CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS MEETING

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AFRICA CAN BENEFIT GREATLY FROM CHINA’S EXPERIENCES

IN SUSTAINING GROWTH, AS AFRICANS RENEW RESOLVE TO ADDRESS OWN CHALLENGES

The following statement was issued on 4 November by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

ROTARY IS ‘LIVING PROOF’ THAT PEOPLE WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS CAN GET ALONG,

WHICH IS THRUST OF HUMANITARIAN WORK, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Rotary International Conference in New York on 4 November:

Secretary-General, in address to ibero-american summit, calls on conference

to act as bridge for north-south cooperation, understanding

Speech Highlights Challenges of Entrenched Inequality, Unfair Trade, Migration

United Nations peacekeeping an indispensable weapon in international community’s

Arsenal, Secretary-General says in anniversary message for first mission

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY ESCALATING VIOLENCE, RISING DEATH TOLL

CAUSED BY ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION IN NORTHERN GAZA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General condemns large-scale militia attacks in west Darfur, sudan

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

WORLD COMMUNITY MUST URGENTLY RE-ENERGIZE EFFORTS TO CONTAIN, REVERSE SPREAD

OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BALI SEMINAR